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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Ireland scraps heritage certificates presented to Tom Cruise, Obama

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's call to its 70-million-strong diaspora to make a show of their ancestry at up to 120 euros ($132) each went largely unanswered and the government as a result scrapped its "Certificate of Irish Heritage scheme" this week.

Colorado cops rescue bear cub with head stuck in tub

DENVER (Reuters) - Police in Colorado rescued a bear cub whose head was stuck in a large plastic tub of protein powder, giving the cub a ride in the back of a cruiser before tranquilizing her so she could be freed.

California man seeks to legalize pet ferrets - even though they bite

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Pat Wright loves his three ferrets - even though they do sometimes bite and he's had to replace the baseboards in part of his house after they urinated for years along the walls - and he really wants them to become legalized as pets in California.

Seattle police pull over speeding car, help deliver baby

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle police witnessed the "miracle of childbirth" when a patrolman pulled over a speeding car en route to an area hospital, and ended up helping a woman in labor deliver her baby girl, police said on Monday.

Man in bear costume harasses grizzlies in Alaska, motive unclear

(Reuters) - A man in a full-body bear costume approached a grizzly and her two cubs in front of shocked spectators by a river in Alaska, before a state Fish and Game worker scared away the animals to stop anyone being hurt, an official said on Friday.

Man who flushed fake poker chips down toilet pleads guilty

A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he brought counterfeit chips to an Atlantic City, New Jersey poker tournament in a scheme discovered after he flushed $2.7 million of the chips down a toilet in his hotel room.

Pennsylvania man protests $25 parking ticket with 2,500 pennies

(Reuters) - A Pennsylvania handyman who protested a $25 parking ticket by trying to pay it with 2,500 pennies was denied the satisfaction by town officials citing federal law.

McDonald's sorry after French workers forbidden to feed vagrants

PARIS (Reuters) - McDonald's has apologized for an incident in which workers in one of the U.S. burger chain's French franchises appeared to be threatened with the sack for feeding homeless people.

Goats and herbs: Germans get back to basics in deserted Bulgarian village

ODRINTSI, Bulgaria (Reuters) - A self-described shaman who discovered the healing powers of herbs while seeing visions on his sickbed; a former consultant for IBM who ditched PowerPoint presentations to drive across Africa and an artist from Luxembourg who is a qualified plumber.

Forget Trump, Canada candidate slays dragons to nab votes

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - He rides a Canada goose, slays a dragon and fist bumps an alien - and that's just in the first 30 seconds of Wyatt Scott's campaign video for the upcoming Canadian federal election.